Directed by William Sterling Productioncompany ABC Country Australia Director William Sterling | Running time 75 mins Initial release 16 December 1959 First episode date 16 December 1959 | |
Release date 16 December 1959 (Melbourne)13 January 1960 (Sydney) | ||
High treason 1951
Treason is a 1959 Australian television live drama, which aired on ABC. Originally broadcast 16 December 1959 in Melbourne, a kinescope ("telerecording") was made of the program and shown in Sydney on 13 January 1960. It was an adaptation of a stage play by Welsh writer Saunders Lewis, which had previously been adaptated as an episode of BBC Sunday-Night Theatre.
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Plot
Set during World War II. A group of officers, believing Germany to be losing the war, plan to assassinate Adolf Hitler so they can negotiate peace with the Allies.
Cast
Production
The play was produced live in the Melbourne studios of the A.B.C. Director William Sterling called it "a study in mental conflict rather than a play of action and, therefore, particularly suited to TV close-up treatment."
Authentic German decorations for the play, as well as the Graf Spee flag, were lent by the Military Collectors' Club, Melbourne. Scenes which take place in a luxury French hole! were prefilmed in a Melbourne hotel.